River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1887-03-31
WISCONSIN LEGISLATURES.

MARCH 23--In the Senate rigid bill pro-
tecting fish in inland waters of the lakes
was passed; also the bill 10 place a marble
or bronze statue of Pere Marquette in the
end hall of the house of representatives, at
Washington The bin was killed appropri-
ating sl,OO0 to the Woman's Relief Corps,
for charitable purposes. Assembly bills
were concurFed in requiring bank stock TO
be taxed IN the county where the bank is
located, and making it felony punishable
10y maximum fine of s., 900 or three wears
Imprisonment, for abdueting minors
In the House there was lively debate
ever the bin to tax mining companies 81 on
each 81 900 capital stock, but il was finally
killed by a tie vote. The motion being 10
engross il, the senate bill was killed pro-
| hiblnng the insur1ng of property for more
than fourtifths of It's actual value The
House till was killed requiring all tele-
graph operators, before being able To work
to pass an examination before a state board
of three.
MARCH p The Senate passed the House bill
prohibiting State aid to such Fair societies
as permit gambling, games of chance and
the sale of livuor on the fair grounds The
propositions for a constitutional amend
ment raising the school age from four to
six years was defeated. The House bill al
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Corrections an annual session of 100 days
passed.
The House passed the following Senate
bills: Making carnal intercourse with
girl under fourteen years old punishable by
life Imprisonment; permitting common
councils ana village boards TO prohibit the
sale of liquors for six months 10 habitua
drunkards; permitting judges sentencing
cOnvicts 10 the county Jail To add "hard
TABOR" to the sentence. The following bills
| also passed: requiring school districts 20
specify uniform text books under forfeiture
Of their share of the school fund; specifying
| the limits of the 10Th and 10Th judicial dis
tricts, requiring the State Pension Agent
| To maintain his office at Madison and to de-
! vote his entire time 10 the duties; prohibit
ing municipal subscriptions TO railroad
/ stock; prohibiting school districts from Dor
| rowing money for more than twenty years;
| Furnishing the giving away of obscene liter
allure by a maximum Imprisonment of three
| years.
| MARCH 25-The Senate passed the follow
| ng bills Authorizing the commissioner of
public lands to loan $4,000 to Oshkosh
military companies for armoly purposes;
to provide for giving temporary aid TO old
soldiers, without requiring their removal
TO poor houses; requiring corporations
| formed for the purpose of maintaining
hospitals for the support or tire tment of
/ insane patients TO deposit with the sec
| rotary of state bond sufficient to secure
| the state against loss on account of any
person brought from outside the state for
| treatment.
The following, which had passed the SEN
| ate were also passed by the House: FER
hitting the mother of minor child, in case
of the death of the father, To appoint
guardian for such child by her last will and
| testament; permitting executors or trus-
| tees under will, who are authorized under
| provisions of the Will to organize a cOrpOr
| alton, to sign, execute, verify and acknOwl-
| edge the articles of incorporation; provid-
ing that when any person shall die owning
| real estate the county judge may, on the
| application of the heirs, issue "a certificate
| setting. forth the names of the heirs, the in
| terest of each in the property and descrip-
ton Of the same. such certificates to be prima
facie evidence If the facts therein recited
| permitting the sentencing of inebriates or
| hahitual drunkards to confinement in any
lnebriate or insane asylum for time not
exceeding two years, provided that his rela-
tives or friends give bonds to pay for the
maintenance of such inebriate or habtual
drunkard
MARCH 29-The Senate passed bill per-
hitting party to a suit to obtain change
of place of trial on account of the prejudice
of the Judge The bin was killed prohibiting
| leading railroads from charging more than
2l5 cents per mile for passenger fare.
The House passed the following; making
fifteen years the maximum term of inn
prisonment for any person who shall entice
| or aid in enticing from home any unmar-
+ ed woman of chaste character for i'm
moral purposes; also for the punishment of
any person who shall carnally know any
female idiot or imbecIle woman or gul by
Imprisonment from two to five years; max
ing the penalty from one to three years
Imprisonment for the leasing of houses IN
which females under 81 years of age are
kept for immoral purposes.
A bill passed providing that any person
who shall by coercion of any kind prevent
a person from working shall be punished by
a fine not exceeding 500, or by six months
! imprisonment or by both; also making the
combination of three or more persons to
prevent another from working conspiracy,
punishable by maximum fine of $500 or
| one year S imprisonment; also providing
| that any person who shall willfully injure
| any railroad car. engine or any other
| vehicle or machinery, shall be punished by
a fine not exceeding $1,000, or by a
maximum Imprisonment of two wears